Track and Field Breaks Three School Records at Penn Relays

PHILADELPHIA—The UMBC men's and women's
track and field teams broke three school records at the Penn Relays
at historic Franklin Field this weekend.

The men's shuttle hurdles relay team of seniors Keith
Brown(Columbia, Md./McDonough), Dominic
Devaud (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley)
and Keith
Onto (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant
Boro/St. Francis (PA)) and sophomoreTrae
Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) finished
seventh in the school record time of 59.24, shattering the previous
record of 1:01.64 set in 1993.

In the men's distance medley relay, the team of seniorMichael
Christmas (Invercargill, New Zealand/James
Hargest College), junior Joshua
Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore),
freshman Andrew
Smith(Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and
senior Chris
Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg) broke
the UMBC mark in 10:02.99, almost three seconds faster than the
previous record of 10:05.86, set two years ago.